ANSC 4395 – Animal Breeding & Genetics Test 1:
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area of academic animal breeding concerned with measurement of data,
statistical procedures, and computational techniques for predicting breeding
values and related values
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1 Animal Breeding 2 Sir Ronald Fisher
What type of animals did Robert
3 Genetic Prediction 4
Bakewell work with?
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scientific field that uses the principles of genetics to aid
Animal Breeding
in the improvement of livestock
Purebred breeders have 1700s
attempted to improve their
livestock since at least the...
, Many of our current breeds 18th & 19th centuries
have their roots in Great
Britain and continental
Europe, dating back to the...
Robert Bakewell "Father of Animal Breeding"
What type of animals did Longhorn cattle, Shire horses, and Leicester sheep
Robert Bakewell work with?
-Sought out individuals that would strengthen his herd
What else did Robert -Leased out males to neighbors to identify animals that
Bakewell do? produced superior offspring
-Mated 'best' to 'best' with little regard to ancestry
One of the first organized Shorthorns
breeds of livestock (1580) ?
When did Shorthorn 1750
breeders begin keeping
records?
During the mid 19th Gregor Mendel
century, who studied
genetics of the garden
pea?
-Established basic genetic principles that are still
accepted today
Gregor Mendel also... -Results of his experiments were published in an
obscure scientific journal and were not widely known
until the early 20th century
Branch of genetics which deals with the factors that
Population Genetics
affect the genetic structure of populations
-Pioneer of the population genetics field
Dr. Sewell Wright -Did his research with the USDA and later at the
University of Chicago
-Pioneer of the population genetics field
Sir Ronald Fisher -Worked at the Rothamstead Experiment Station in
Great Britain
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area of academic animal breeding concerned with measurement of data,
statistical procedures, and computational techniques for predicting breeding
values and related values
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1 Animal Breeding 2 Sir Ronald Fisher
What type of animals did Robert
3 Genetic Prediction 4
Bakewell work with?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (123)
scientific field that uses the principles of genetics to aid
Animal Breeding
in the improvement of livestock
Purebred breeders have 1700s
attempted to improve their
livestock since at least the...
, Many of our current breeds 18th & 19th centuries
have their roots in Great
Britain and continental
Europe, dating back to the...
Robert Bakewell "Father of Animal Breeding"
What type of animals did Longhorn cattle, Shire horses, and Leicester sheep
Robert Bakewell work with?
-Sought out individuals that would strengthen his herd
What else did Robert -Leased out males to neighbors to identify animals that
Bakewell do? produced superior offspring
-Mated 'best' to 'best' with little regard to ancestry
One of the first organized Shorthorns
breeds of livestock (1580) ?
When did Shorthorn 1750
breeders begin keeping
records?
During the mid 19th Gregor Mendel
century, who studied
genetics of the garden
pea?
-Established basic genetic principles that are still
accepted today
Gregor Mendel also... -Results of his experiments were published in an
obscure scientific journal and were not widely known
until the early 20th century
Branch of genetics which deals with the factors that
Population Genetics
affect the genetic structure of populations
-Pioneer of the population genetics field
Dr. Sewell Wright -Did his research with the USDA and later at the
University of Chicago
-Pioneer of the population genetics field
Sir Ronald Fisher -Worked at the Rothamstead Experiment Station in
Great Britain
